Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. election year shaped by pandemic and Trump’s defiance
By James Oliphant (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential election was defined at first by a paralyzing coronavirus pandemic that upended traditional campaigning and then by President Donald Trump's frenzie...
Dec 10, 2020
FDA set to review Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON D.C.(WHTC-AM/FM) –An FDA committee is set to review an emergency request from Pfizer and BioNTech, filed on Nov. 20, 2020, to approve a COVID-19 vaccine. If approved, Pfizer officials...
Dec 10, 2020
270 million people face starvation, says WFP as it receives Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (Reuters) - Some 270 million people worldwide - equivalent to the combined populations of Germany, Britain, France and Italy - stand on the brink of starvation, the head of the United Nations' Wo...
Dec 10, 2020
Moderna begins study of COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Thursday it has dosed the first participant in a mid-to-late stage study testing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in adolescents aged 12 to less than 18. (Reporting by Ma...
Dec 10, 2020
Trump admin revives oil leasing in California despite opposition
(Reuters) - The Trump administration on Thursday will hold a sale of oil and gas leases on federal land in California for the first time in eight years despite widespread opposition to the auction in ...
Dec 10, 2020
Cannabis review site Weedmaps agrees $1.5 billion deal to go public
By Joshua Franklin (Reuters) - WM Holding Company, a cannabis technology company which operates the online U.S. platform Weedmaps where users find and rate marijuana sellers, said on Thursday it has a...
Dec 10, 2020
Court rejects bid to stop Tesla felling trees for German plant
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German court has rejected a bid by environmentalists to halt tree cutting at Tesla's proposed manufacturing site near Berlin, paving the way for the electric carmaker to procee...
Dec 10, 2020
With green battery standards, EU seeks a competitive edge
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Electric car and industrial batteries sold in Europe will soon face legally binding environmental standards, the European Commission said on Thursday, as it seeks t...
Dec 10, 2020
S.Korea’s Moon urges citizens to support ambitious carbon neutrality goal
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday urged citizens to work together toward a greener economy and vowed to support low-carbon technologies in an address aimed...
Dec 10, 2020
From romance scams to phantom PPE, banks battle coronavirus crimewave
By Sinead Cruise and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) - Fraud risk analyst Rajendran Raj was used to the odd out-of-hours alert from authorities, but a call one Saturday in March heralded a new era, of...
Dec 10, 2020
